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Nancy Sinatra ‎– Boots Label: Reprise Records ‎– R 6202, Reprise Records ‎– 6202, Reprise Records ‎– R-6202 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono  Country: US Released: 1966 Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop Style: Big Band, Vocal, Easy Listening
A1As Tears Go By Written-By – Oldham*, Jagger, Richard* 2:50 A2Day Tripper Written-By – Lennon, McCartney* 3:01 A3I Move Around Written-By – Lee Hazlewood 2:46 A4It Ain't Me Babe Written-By – Bob Dylan 1:55 A5These Boots Are Made For Walkin' Written-By – Lee Hazlewood 2:40 B1In My Room Written-By – Prieto*, Pockriss*, Vance* 2:35 B2Lies (Are Breakin' My Heart) Written-By – Charles*, Randall* 2:46 B3So Long, Babe Written-By – Lee Hazlewood 3:04 B4Flowers On The Wall Written-By – Lewis De Witt 2:37 B5If He'd Love Me Written-By – M. Eddy* 2:45 B6Run For Your Life Written-By – Lennon, McCartney* 2:25 Companies, etc. Mastered At – Customatrix Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Credits Arranged By – Billy Strange Art Direction – Ed Thrasher Engineer – Eddie Brackett Liner Notes – Stan Cornyn Photography By – Ed Thrasher Producer – Lee Hazlewood Notes 'Nancy Sinatra Sings The Facts of Love  These Boots are made for walking And Other Lessons in Love' 
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These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It charted January 22, 1966, and reached No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial. Among the more notable versions are the singles released by Megadeth, Jessica Simpson, and Ella Fitzgerald backed by Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
Lee Hazlewood intended to record the song himself, saying that "it's not really a girl's song", but Sinatra talked him out of it, saying that "coming from a guy it was harsh and abusive, but was perfect for a little girl to sing". Hazlewood agreed.[4] Sinatra's recording of the song was made with the help of Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew.[4] This session included Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco, and Billy Strange on guitars, Ollie Mitchell, Roy Caton and Lew McCreary on horns, Carol Kaye on electric bass and Chuck Berghofer on double bass, providing the notable bass line. Nick Bonney was the guitarist for the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
Personnel Other personnel, as seen in the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) contracts for the session include
Billy Strange - arranger, conductor, and guitar William Miller - (unknown) Don Lanier - guitar Lou Norell - guitar Jerry Cole - guitar William Pitman - guitar Don Randi - keyboard Richard Perissi - French horn Oliver Mitchell - trumpet Plas Johnson - tenor sax Nick Bonney - guitar Donald Frost - (unknown) Charles Berghofer - bass Eddie Brackett Jr. - engineer Emil Richards - percussion Roy V. Caton - (contractor) trumpet Lee Hazlewood - supervisor Release The single was released in December 1965,[6] the second song to be taken from her debut album Boots, and was a follow-up to the minor hit "So Long, Babe". The song became an instant success and in late February 1966 it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a move it replicated in similar charts across the world.
Promotional film In the same year Sinatra recorded a promotional film, which would later be known as the music video, for the song. It was produced by Color-Sonics and played on Scopitone video jukeboxes.[4] In 1986, for the song's 20th anniversary, cable station VH1 played the video.
Sinatra told Alison Martino that other videos and performances are from TV shows like The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullaballoo and Shindig![4]
The videos featured Sinatra wearing an iconic pair of boots.[4]
In popular culture The song was used by Stanley Kubrick for a scene in his 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, where a Vietnamese woman in a miniskirt propositions a couple of American GIs.[7]
The song was included in the 1995 film Now and Then. However the song did not appear on the film's soundtrack.[citation needed]
The song was included in the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.[citation needed]
In 2006, Pitchfork Media selected it as the 114th best song of the 1960s. Critic Tom Breihan described the song as "maybe the finest bitchy kiss-off in pop history".[8]
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company used portions of the song for its 1960s ad campaign promoting its "wide boots" tires. Nancy Sinatra unsuccessfully sued Goodyear for using the song, claiming that it had violated her publicity rights.[9]
This song appears in the 2018 film Ocean's 8.[citation needed]
A French-language recording of the song appears in a 2019 advert for H&M.[citation needed]
Chart history Weekly charts Chart (1966)Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)1 Canada Top Singles (RPM)1 French (IFOP)[10]13 Ireland (IRMA)1 Italian Singles Chart3 New Zealand (RIANZ)1 Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)1 South Africa (Springbok Radio)[11]1 UK Singles Chart (OCC)[2]1 US Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)1 Year-end charts Chart (1965)Rank South Africa[12]1 Chart (1966)Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13]13 Track listing UK promotional single "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" – 3:03 "The City Never Sleeps at Night" – 2:54 Release history CountryDateFormatLabel United KingdomFebruary 1, 2000Promotional single — digital downloadEMI, Maverick Billy Ray Cyrus version "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Single by Billy Ray Cyrus from the album Some Gave All ReleasedNovember 1, 1992 FormatCD Recorded1992 GenreCountry, rockabilly Length3:31 LabelCurb Songwriter(s)Lee Hazlewood Producer(s)Joe Scaife, Jim Cotton Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology "Wher'm I Gonna Live?"  (1992)"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"  (1992)"She's Not Cryin' Anymore"  (1993) In 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus covered the song, whose version is a bit more flippant and the success was quite modest. Nothing was changed by the text. For the first time the cover appeared on the album Some Gave All. Later, the cover can also be found on the compilation De Nationale Voorjaars CD 1993, Alle 40 goed - Country and The Definitive Collection.
Track listings CD-Maxi
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 2:48 Ain't No Good Goodbye - 3:22 Could've Been Me (Acoustic Mix) - 3:45 Charts Chart (1992-1993)Peak position UK Singles Chart63[14] New Zealand Singles Chart11[15] Dutch Top 4042[16] Belgian Singles Chart32[17] Danish Singles Chart27 Jessica Simpson version "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Jessicasimpson single thesebootsaremadeforwalking.jpg Single by Jessica Simpson from the album The Dukes of Hazzard and A Public Affair ReleasedMay 26, 2005 (US)  August 29, 2005 (UK) FormatDigital download, digital maxi single GenreCountry pop, dance-pop Length4:10 (radio edit) LabelColumbia Songwriter(s)Lee Hazlewood, Jessica Simpson (additional; uncredited) Producer(s)Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Jessica Simpson singles chronology "Angels"  (2004)"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"  (2005)"A Public Affair"  (2006) Music video "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" at VEVO.com Jessica Simpson recorded her own version of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (and added her own lyrics) for the soundtrack to the film The Dukes of Hazzard (2005). The version was also included in the international version of her fifth studio album, A Public Affair (2006). Simpson's cover was co-produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and was released as the soundtrack's first single in 2005. It became Simpson's fifth top-twenty single in the United States, and its music video drew some controversy because of its sexual imagery.[18][19]
Recording and release Simpson's version of the song is performed from the point of view of her character in The Dukes of Hazzard, Daisy Duke, and it has several major differences from Sinatra's version. The song's lyrics were changed almost completely as Simpson felt that they did not accurately convey the feelings needed for the film; in the original Sinatra dealt with a cheating boyfriend, while in the new version Simpson explored Daisy Duke's personality and experiences. She rewrote the majority of the lyrics herself, although some elements were retained such as the opening line "You keep saying you got something for me..." and the spoken "Are you ready, boots? Start walkin'".
Simpson also added some new music to her version of the song. Whereas the original version did not have a bridge, she created one for the cover. A risqué rap-like/spoken breakdown was added after the bridge. Because of the legalities of songwriting, Simpson has not been credited for the new music or lyrics that she wrote. The production of the song was altered as well. Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis gave the cover a country-inspired production because of its relationship to the film The Dukes of Hazzard, but they also added a more hip hop-like beat.
In an interview with GAC Nights, Simpson stated that her record label did not want to promote the song because of its country feel, even though the song is more pop than country. She said that she told the label "It's a great song and Willie Nelson's on it with me" and she said the label told her pop radio would not understand that importance.[citation needed]
CD single "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Radio edit) - 4:10 "With You (Live from Universal Amphitheater) "Take My Breath Away" (Live from Universal Amphitheater) "I Think I'm in Love with You" (Live from Universal Amphitheater) "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Video clip) Chart performance "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" peaked at fourteen on the US Billboard Hot 100, and in late 2005 the RIAA certified the single Gold for 500,000 legal downloads or more. Its digital downloads were high, but radio airplay was low. Due to this, it is the song that reached the lowest chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 for a song topping the Hot Digital Songs chart. It reached the top ten on Billboard's Pop 100 chart, and was Simpson's first single to appear on the chart. On July 23, 2005, the song jumped from 8 - 1 on Hot Digital Songs charts in its second week with 43,000 downloads.[20] On December 11, 2006 the single was certified Gold by the RIAA again, this time by Epic Records. In total, the single has received 1 million digital downloads.
Internationally it was a success, reaching top 5 in several European countries. It became her biggest hit in Australia, where it reached number two and remained in the top forty for twenty-four weeks. In Ireland, the single also reached number 2. The song also cracked the top five in the United Kingdom, where it reached number four and is to date, her highest peaking single in Britain. It reached the top ten in the chart European Hot 100 Singles, Belgium, and New Zealand and the top twenty in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. As the end of the year 2005, the single had sold 69,500 copies in UK.[21]
Music video The video, directed by Brett Ratner, has caused some controversy because of its sexual imagery